CUMBERLAND, Maine — The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy girls cross-country team was second at the New England Championships on Saturday.

“We couldn't be more proud of our girls,” Coe-Brown coach Tim Cox said. “We just want everyone standing at the end of our race, and that's what we did, and we still improved over last year's finish.”

It was a tough week for the Bears, who fought various illnesses for the last few weeks. Finishing first among Coe-Brown runners was Freshman Elisabeth Danis, who was 17th overall and the second-best New Hampshire runner, crossing the finish line in 19 minutes, 47 seconds.

“She ran a phenomenal race,” Cox said. “The course was a muddy mess and she ran smart. She ran patient and put us in contention.”

Coe-Brown (132 points) finished behind Barrington (R.I.), which won the title with 75, but ahead of defending New England champion Champlain Valley (Vt.), which finished third with 176.

Brooke Laskowsky was 37th overall in 20:09. Also running well for Coe-Brown was Hannah Parker, who was 43rd in 20:15.

“She's our No. 1 runner and had a stomach issue,” Cox said. She overcame that and ran a perfect team race. We asked her to run a little more conservatively so it wouldn't be an issue. Her willingness to sacrifice the possibility of personal glory for the team was outstanding.”

Also running well for Coe-Brown were Katie Scannell (20:40), Meg Scannell (20:48), Jessie Carney (21:05) and Katelyn Terry (21:29). The other local runner in the pack was Oyster River's Maegan Doody, who finished in 20:32.

On the boys side, Coe-Brown's Jeremy Brassard led all New Hampshire runners with a time of 16:52, good for 19th place overall.

“He didn't have his team to pace him,” Cox said. “He went out pretty hard and extremely fast. He paid for it a little bit in the second half of the race but fought the whole way. It was a great run for him.”

Oyster River was 12th in the team standings. Its top runner was Thomas Caulfield, who finished 42nd in 17:12. Cam Barth (17:24), Neal Mistretta (18:05), Christian Davis (18:15), Wesley Hutton (18:44), Drew Thibault (18:51) and Drew Horton (19:13) also represented the Bobcats.

Also running from our area was Jack Letellier of Marshwood (Maine), who finished in 18:21.

BOYS SOCCER

Berwick 3, Bancroft 0

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Academy boys soccer team closed out the regular season with a 3-0 win over Bancroft on Saturday.

Zach Flinkstrom, Blake Downey and Erik Wisniewski all scored for Berwick (11-6-2) while Ryan Leonard and Stephen Sherbahn recorded assists.

Up next for Berwick, a possible berth in the NEPSAC tournament, which will be on Wednesday.

FIELD HOCKEY

Berwick first at EIL

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Academy field hockey team won a pair of games at the EIL tournament on Saturday. Berwick was a 2-0 winner over LCA and a 3-2 winner over Portsmouth (R.I.) Abbey.